Aug. 21, 2004 Eastern Magic check in list

[denise5374]

Sunday afternoon works for me also. For those of us on the Sunday Brunch list, what time is that? and do I have to do anything foer the reservation or is already made? (forgive my ignorance here)

I am so excited I can't wait to meet everybody!!!

 

[Verandah Man]

Originally posted by denise5374
Sunday afternoon works for me also. For those of us on the Sunday Brunch list, what time is that? and do I have to do anything foer the reservation or is already made? (forgive my ignorance here)

I am so excited I can't wait to meet everybody!!!

Group #1 Palo Brunch is Sunday morning at 10:30am and we can meet at Palo on Deck 10. The ressie is in my name, we have the private room.

Those DIS'ers in Group #1 are:
Andy & Hazel
Steve & Mary
Mike & Vicki
Sue & Tracy
Dan & Linda
Jenn & Joe
Denise & Rex

 

[Shygirl]

What is the day and time for group #2 2 meeting or do we have a reservation?

 

[denise5374]

OK...Thanks.

 

[Verandah Man]

Originally posted by Shygirl
What is the day and time for group #2 2 meeting or do we have a reservation?

Sarah is the leader for Group #2, Sarah will need to book the ressie for Group #2 after she gets on the ship. Once the ressie has been made a call will be made to each cabin to let you know when to meet at Palo for your DISmeet Brunch.

Those DIS'ers in Group #2 are:
Sarah
Scott & Don
Sean & Gail
Gayle, Heather & Heidi
Alan & Shelby

 

[yayasi]

Made final payment And booked my reservations for RES though Denise.

What dinner rotation did everyone request??? We requested PLA.

 

[Maleficent59]

I'll have to look up my information when I get home. I think I have a spa reservation at 2:30 Sunday afternoon. Also, depending on DH finalizing his plans with his friends, I don't know what time we'll be at the port Saturday morning (usually, we're there really early, but DH made plans for breakfast Saturday morning with friends).

So I'm hoping that there will be someone else who usually gets to the port early to be backup for Brunch #2? Please let me know. Thanks!

-Sarah

 

[Disneycrazymom]

I would like to be included in the Sunday afternoon meet! I am hopeful to have a little quiet time with Dh at Palo, so didn't join in for that but still want to meet everyone.

 

[Gayle17]

Could someone explain what the dinner rotation request is?
Thanks
Gayle

 

[Gayle17]

Sarah

We should be at the boat fairly early. Our plane gets in about 9:30 AM I believe - I don't know how long the transfer to the boat from the airport takes.
Gayle

 

[Verandah Man]

Originally posted by Gayle17
Could someone explain what the dinner rotation request is?
Thanks
Gayle

The dinner rotation is where you will be having dinner in each night. On a 7 day cruise it might look something like this APLAPLA, the A stands for Animator's Palate, the P for Parrot Cay, and the L is for Lumiére's. If you had this rotation like we did on last year's cruise you would have dinner three times at Animator's Palate, and twice at each Parrot Cay and Lumiére's.

 

[Maleficent59]

Gayle17: you can make a request for a certain rotation and if DCL can accomodate it, they will. Some folks like to have formal night/tropical/semi-formal nights in certain dining rooms. And of course, since it took me forever to type this message, VM already posted.

Here are a few links discussing dining rotations:

http://disboards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=584409&highlight=+dining++rotation

http://disboards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=588351&highlight=+dining++rotation

http://disboards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=588088&highlight=+dining++rotation

You can make a request for a certain dining rotation when you embark during the "reservation rush." Or, if you booked concierge or a special package (like the Romantic Escape at Sea), they "pre-book" you before the cruise. This is why I already have Palo dinner and spa reservations.

Thanks for the offer to help book Palo brunch. I will let you know. My guess for you: arrive 9:30, luggage 10 am, arrive at port around 11am. See you soon!

-Sarah

 

[Maleficent59]

How about a very quick DIS Meet right after the emergency drill? We should have enough time to snap a few photos, say hello and go on our merry ways. Then, we could have more leisurely meet either late Saturday or sometime Sunday.

I prefer meeting earlier because it is really nice (especially for those who have not cruised before or attended a DIS meet) to see familiar faces. We ran into folks all over the ship and it was nice to be able to say "hi and how's it going?" throughout the voyage. It's also great for the younger kids (like mine - who is an only child) to have a "buddy" in the clubs.

A quick story about a friend and his first DIS Meet. This is a guy who is pretty friendly on the boards and in person. Well, right before his first DIS Meet, he became terribly nervous!! Now, I don't know WHY because we are all a pretty friendly bunch, but I digress ... if the meet was later in the week, I have a feeling that he would have "talked" himself out of the meet. As it was, we saw him all over the ship and we always had something to chat about - and we're sailing with him again on this sailing!!

 

[goingbacksoon]

Originally posted by DuncanLL

We're probably going to do the 5 Star Snorkle excursion in St. Thomas. We did that with the kids before and it was great for all of us. In San Juan, we're leaning toward the rainforest excursion. How often do we have the opportunity to take the kids to see a real rainforest.

Linda

Anyone know the difference between the 5-star excursion and "St. John Trunk Bay Beach and Snorkel Tour" save for $3 and rum punch?

With that in mind, how about the two versions of the rainforest tour? They seem similar.

Linda, looks like we will be tailing each other on shore. We are leaning towards those too!

Been busy over here, haven't had a lot of time to check the boards. As 60 days approaches though, it seems so much more real that we are going soon!! Hope everyone is doing well, and we look forward to seeing everyone at the DISmeet and group 2 at the brunch.

Alan

 

[Colestat]

Originally posted by Maleficent59
How about a very quick DIS Meet right after the emergency drill? We should have enough time to snap a few photos, say hello and go on our merry ways. Then, we could have more leisurely meet either late Saturday or sometime Sunday.

I prefer meeting earlier because it is really nice (especially for those who have not cruised before or attended a DIS meet) to see familiar faces. We ran into folks all over the ship and it was nice to be able to say "hi and how's it going?" throughout the voyage. It's also great for the younger kids (like mine - who is an only child) to have a "buddy" in the clubs.

A quick story about a friend and his first DIS Meet. This is a guy who is pretty friendly on the boards and in person. Well, right before his first DIS Meet, he became terribly nervous!! Now, I don't know WHY because we are all a pretty friendly bunch, but I digress ... if the meet was later in the week, I have a feeling that he would have "talked" himself out of the meet. As it was, we saw him all over the ship and we always had something to chat about - and we're sailing with him again on this sailing!!

I agree on a quick early meet after the drill. I myself am starting to feel nervous about meeting and doing it right away sounds good.

 

[Gayle17]

Thanks for the rotation info.

My sister, daughter, and I had a little excursion pow wow tonight and I think in San Juan we will do the Rainforest Tour and in St. John the Island Tour (want to leave plenty of time for shopping).

Gayle

 

[jweiss]

I would also be nervous about attending the DIS meet....glad to hear others have the same thought. I chickened out of going to the DIS meet at DVC MH a few weeks ago. How silly is that!!!! I feel as if you all know each other already......and I'm not really a DIS'er!!!!

 

[Maleficent59]

Well, there is always a first DIS Meet for everyone! I never used to check the Meets boards. I "met" DIS'ers on my cruise last June sitting in the terminal. I felt a bit out of place since most of the DIS'ers had already met at the Radisson the night before. But soon, we were chatting away and changing our plans around to do excursions with folks we just met!

In the middle of this thread is the discussion between ThreeCircles and Marcotta about their nervousness (you would never guess by their screen persona that they get "stage fright"):

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=4059429#post4059429

Oh my goodness - I just read through the entire thread above and saw Andy's post about "keeping his lunch down" during his first DIS Meet. We're all in the same boat (pun intended)!

See you all soon!

 

[DuncanLL]

Anyone know the difference between the 5-star excursion and "St. John Trunk Bay Beach and Snorkel Tour" save for $3 and rum punch?

We've done the 5 Star Snorkle a couple of times before. You get the boat right across the pier from where the Magic docks in St. Thomas. The Lleyland Sneed is a pretty decent sized boat - nice and airy for the ride over to St. John. Instead of docking at St. John and taking a taxi or shuttle around to Trunk Bay, the boat actually anchors right in Trunk Bay. From there, you can either get into the water via ladder, jump off the back (Jacque Coustaeu style) or they will take you to the shore in a rubber dinghy and you can snorkle from the beach.

I think the only difference I've been able to come up with on the two rainforest excursions in San Juan is that the second one requires more walking and you actually get to swim at the falls.

I think we're leaning toward the 1st rainforest trip so we have more time to look around San Juan when we get back.

Linda

 

[Shygirl]

what is the best way to sign up for this 5 star snorkel trip? I read in a magazine that this is the best place to snorkel.